Kyŏngjaejam chipsŏl 敬齊箴集說 [Collected Commentaries on "Admonitions for the Study of Mindfulness and Orderliness"]
One full-page woodcut diagram. 80 folding leaves. Large 8vo, orig. semi-stiff patterned wrappers, new stitching. Korea: 1750.
A Neo-Confucian work by Yi Sang-jŏng (1710-81), a scholar of the late Chosŏn period, who systematized and explicated various interpretations of Kyŏngjaejam [Admonitions for the Study of Mindfulness and Orderliness] by the Chinese philosopher Zhu Xi (1130-1200).
This work represents a transhistorical and international synthesis of Neo-Confucian moral philosophy, bridging Song and Ming Chinese and Chosŏn Korean intellectual traditions. Throughout the ten chapters, Yi expounds on Zhu Xi's Admonitions, which consisted of only 160 characters but had gained numerous annotations and interpretations since its publication. It was further innovated when Wang Bai (1197-1274) visualizd the work diagrammatically. In 1568, one of the most important Confucian scholars in Chosŏn Korea, Yi Hwang (1501-79), incorporated it in his Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning (聖學十圖). In 1750, Yi Sang-jŏng continued this scholarly lineage in Kyŏngjaejam chipsŏl, gathering the doctrines of thinkers across China and Chosŏn, with emphasis on their teachings on mind-cultivation.
The text advances the Neo-Confucian concept of kyŏng (敬 reverence) as a unifying moral principle that integrates seemingly dichotomous realms: the stillness and movement of time, the inner agency of mind, and the outer propriety of conduct. By arguing that earnest scholarly investigation combined with genuine embodied experience constitutes true realization of reverence, Yi turned abstract philosophical doctrine into practical guidance for scholars navigating personal cultivation and social responsibility in late Chosŏn society.
"Chapter 1 discusses the study of the mind during stillness, Chapter 2 discusses the study of the mind that combines both movement and stillness, Chapter 3 discusses the solemnity and decorum of the outward appearance, Chapter 4 summarizes it again, Chapter 5 discusses the subjectivity and efficacy of the mind, Chapter 6 discusses how the mind can be the foundation and handle matters consistently, and Chapter 7 summarizes the preceding six chapters again, stating that the essence is to have a correct appearance that is consistent in movement and outward appearance. Chapter 8 discusses the ailments that arise when the subject is not established in the mind, Chapter 9 discusses the ailments that occur when one is inconsistent in external affairs, and Chapter 10 summarizes the entire scope of the above."-Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.
Rare; we find no copy outside of Korea.
A Neo-Confucian work by Yi Sang-jŏng (1710-81), a scholar of the late Chosŏn period, who systematized and explicated various interpretations of Kyŏngjaejam [Admonitions for the Study of Mindfulness and Orderliness] by the Chinese philosopher Zhu Xi (1130-1200).
This work represents a transhistorical and international synthesis of Neo-Confucian moral philosophy, bridging Song and Ming Chinese and Chosŏn Korean intellectual traditions. Throughout the ten chapters, Yi expounds on Zhu Xi's Admonitions, which consisted of only 160 characters but had gained numerous annotations and interpretations since its publication. It was further innovated when Wang Bai (1197-1274) visualizd the work diagrammatically. In 1568, one of the most important Confucian scholars in Chosŏn Korea, Yi Hwang (1501-79), incorporated it in his Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning (聖學十圖). In 1750, Yi Sang-jŏng continued this scholarly lineage in Kyŏngjaejam chipsŏl, gathering the doctrines of thinkers across China and Chosŏn, with emphasis on their teachings on mind-cultivation.
The text advances the Neo-Confucian concept of kyŏng (敬 reverence) as a unifying moral principle that integrates seemingly dichotomous realms: the stillness and movement of time, the inner agency of mind, and the outer propriety of conduct. By arguing that earnest scholarly investigation combined with genuine embodied experience constitutes true realization of reverence, Yi turned abstract philosophical doctrine into practical guidance for scholars navigating personal cultivation and social responsibility in late Chosŏn society.
"Chapter 1 discusses the study of the mind during stillness, Chapter 2 discusses the study of the mind that combines both movement and stillness, Chapter 3 discusses the solemnity and decorum of the outward appearance, Chapter 4 summarizes it again, Chapter 5 discusses the subjectivity and efficacy of the mind, Chapter 6 discusses how the mind can be the foundation and handle matters consistently, and Chapter 7 summarizes the preceding six chapters again, stating that the essence is to have a correct appearance that is consistent in movement and outward appearance. Chapter 8 discusses the ailments that arise when the subject is not established in the mind, Chapter 9 discusses the ailments that occur when one is inconsistent in external affairs, and Chapter 10 summarizes the entire scope of the above."-Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.
Rare; we find no copy outside of Korea.
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Title
Kyŏngjaejam chipsŏl 敬齊箴集說 [Collected Commentaries on "Admonitions for the Study of Mindfulness and Orderliness"]
Author
YI, Sang-jŏng 李象靖
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